I've been transported to the orc continent.

Blacksmithing is tiring work. Even though orcs are much stronger and have better physical fitness than humans, they still can't stand wielding a stone hammer and pounding every day.

After Bai Ling finished forging these iron tools, he allowed the tribesmen to rest for a day.

Chen wandered around the tribe early in the morning with his freshly forged knife, naturally attracting many envious glances. His group of companions surrounded him with smiles, showering him with compliments. Only then did Chen proudly take the knife off his back and hand it to one of his companions.

The companion's eyes lit up as he took the knife. He first flicked the blade with his finger, then walked to the grass and swung it at the withered weeds.

With a single stroke, the withered grass was instantly severed, and the severed grass was blown into the air by the wind. Two orcs laughed and tried to catch the flying grass, while the other orcs surrounded their companion who was holding the knife, their eyes shining as they reached out their hands and asked for the knife in their companion's hand.

Bai Ling shouted, "The steel blades are sharp, so be careful. Getting cut would be a real problem."

The chaotic beastmen turned around and, seeing that it was Bai Ling, they excitedly surrounded her.

These past two days, all the tribespeople who had nothing to do went to the riverbank to collect iron ore. However, the tribe chief Zhan said that the ironware needed by the tribe must be forged first before it can be made for the tribespeople.

Bai Ling was in charge of iron smelting. As soon as these young clansmen saw Bai Ling arrive, they all hurriedly asked when the iron smelting would begin.

"Ling, when are you going to forge iron again? I've collected a lot of stones, can you forge a knife for me?"

“Ling, what did the clan chief say? We asked him when we could start smelting iron, but he wouldn’t say anything.”

"Ling, I'll trade you some animal meat. Can you forge me a knife? It doesn't matter if it's small."

…………

Bai Ling said, "We'll have to wait a while longer. The clan needs a lot of ironware, so we need to forge the clan's ironware first."

The orcs all said that if they needed anything, they should just call them and they would come to help.

After making their promise to Bai Ling, the orcs went back to playing around, laughing and joking. However, they were careful not to actually push or pull the tribesman holding the knife; they just played around with him.

Orcs are generally optimistic and live in the moment. For example, even though they all really want a steel knife, Bai Ling said he would make them knives for them in the near future. They didn't make a fuss, but put the matter aside for the time being and went back to playing with their friends.

Bai Ling looked at his clansmen playing around and couldn't help but smile.

*

"Ling, so you're here." A voice called out to him from behind. Bai Ling turned around and saw that it was Yue who had come to find him.

Today is very different.

He wore a new robe today, and his long, silvery-white hair was braided into several small braids that hung down in front of his chest, with the rest tied up with a hairband woven from animal hide. Around his neck was an exquisite necklace carved from colorful jade, and on both wrists were bracelets made of animal teeth.

Bai Ling was slightly surprised. In fact, beastmen love beauty, especially female beastmen. Bai Ling's father, Feng, had many headdresses, necklaces, bracelets, and other ornaments. When her father went to gather resources, he would wear simple animal tooth necklaces or bracelets. Some beastmen in the tribe would also grind colored stones into powder and draw colorful patterns on the corners of their eyes or foreheads.

But in Bai Ling's memory, Yue didn't seem to wear any jewelry.

He always wore a simple animal skin skirt or robe, his hair was simply tied up, and he was always in his most simple and natural state.

But why is today different?

Seeing the doubt in Bai Ling's eyes, Yue said apologetically, "Ling, this was Xiao's idea. This is the first time Xiao has gone hunting with iron tools, so we had to make it a big deal. If I hadn't objected, he would have put another layer of colored powder on my face."

Bai Ling smiled and said, "Yes, it looks great."

Yue's expression changed from embarrassed to puzzled, as if she didn't understand what Bai Ling was saying.

Bai Ling's eyes softened: "Yes, I mean, Yue, you look very beautiful like this."

Yue is handsome and has a perfect figure. Even the simplest clothes look like high-end couture on him. He never dressed up before and always wore the simplest clothes. Even so, it did not diminish Yue's temperament. On the contrary, it gave him a kind of primitive and wild beauty.

Today, he dressed himself up simply, and his temperament changed from primitive and wild to natural and elegant. Bai Ling felt that if Yue were given a crown and a green scepter, he would be the incomparably handsome elf prince in a Western fantasy novel.

Bai Ling began to consider what kind of crown the Elf Prince should wear. Would it be a golden crown inlaid with various gemstones? She wondered if there were any gold mines in the nearby tribes. If there were, she could consider having a golden crown and various gold ornaments made.

With her fair skin and flawless features, Moon is definitely a perfect match for gold jewelry. Besides the Elf Prince, perhaps we could also try dressing Moon up as the Sun King.

Bai Ling's thoughts gradually drifted off course.

Bai Ling's words were nothing special, but to Yue's ears, they were all the same words, so why did they sound different coming from Ling's mouth compared to how others said them?

Yue tried hard to suppress the strange feeling in his heart. He cleared his throat and asked, "Ling, we're planning to go hunting. Do you want to come?"

Yue had already witnessed how sharp the knife was, but whether it was truly effective could only be determined by fighting with prey. So, Yue decided to take the knife to the tribe's territory to hunt.

He had already invited several partners, but when he remembered that the knife was forged by Ling, he invited Ling as well.

Without a second thought, Bai Ling said, "Of course I'm going. Yue, shall we leave now?"

Yue: "Okay, let's set off now. We don't plan to hunt large beasts, just a small one to test our knives."

Bai Ling: "Okay, let's go now."

However, when they left, it wasn't just Bai Ling and Yue who left; Chen and their friends also came along.

Everyone was very curious about the power of the knife. The knife looked very sharp and could cut melons, vegetables, trees and grass very quickly. They just wondered what it would be like when it encountered wild animals.

Is it this sharp too?

Chen and his companions weren't the only ones with this idea. When Bai Ling and her group arrived at the meeting point, a huge crowd had already gathered there.

Aside from those who went out to collect ore, gather resources, and prepare lunch in the tribe, almost all the remaining orcs were out and about. Many of them brought their children and cubs with them. Bai Ling's father was among them. His father, Cang, was holding a knife, and his father, Feng, was holding a sickle. They were both dressed up carefully.

Bai Ling began to regret his actions. He should have dressed up more properly today; that way, he and Yue would have been even more compatible.